Cinema review: Still Alice

Sad films may be ten-a-penny, but it’s very rare to find one that can hit you right in the gut like this without feeling heavy-handed or overly-manipulative.

Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

As with the original it’s the character performances that really carry The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel through. After a strong and humorous start the storylines are quickly set up and there it loses its shuffling gait.

Film review: Horns

Horns is a slightly confused amalgamation of magical realism which succeeds in evocative but lacked any real textbook horror aside from the closing climax

Film review: Ida

At only 82 minutes, Ida manages to tightly pack together a gripping story with a commentary on a number of diffuse themes – war, the holocaust, sexual revolution and religion – to make one truly remarkable package.

Cinema review: Gone Girl

The film itself is a rhetorical question; how much can you ever really know about your other half? The answer offered: next to nothing. If you’re lucky.